Anyone Giving Up Coloring to Go Gray?
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15 years ago
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Comments (5)I am aware of how/why ammonia works(THANK YOU KEN), so of course I am only spraying on the ones I see, and I see PLENTY! My yard is shady, moist and cool enough this week they are out ALL DANG DAY, munching away. I have been bolstered by the fact I only see very small ones in my Hosta. I am hoping that means I am dealing with newly hatched and soon they will all be gone too. My vegi garden is another story. As I replanted I dug up many huge,(thumb nail size) adult slugs. Yes metaldehyde was the chemical I was trying to think of. I find Otho's Get-a bug to be the best. I like the pellets, apply every 6 weeks, but no one in my town sells it anymore. I have googled until my fingers are raw and cannot find a place to purchase and send me some that doesn't have prohibitively expensive price then I add plus shipping to that and I need a second mortgage on my home. I would be interested in guidance in on line buying and have asked here before, but have not been blessed with a response. I even asked a co-worker who does landscaping every summer if he knew of a wholesale source and that got me no where. I went to ammonia last year as my beds were under control slug wise, spraying after a rain early in the morning seemed to take care of the few that wandered into my gardens, but I have some newer beds that seem to be infested and ammonia alone is not doing the trick. If anyone has an affordable source I would REALLY appreciate directions to it....See Morei give up googling. dose anyone here know!!!
Comments (4)Interesting study. The experiment did not measure precisely the time from mating to first cocoon, the objectives were more to quantify cocoon production and reproductive lifespans. The 4 day figure was an educated guess, and it is only expressed as "less than 4 days". IMO it's said that way because they think it is 2-4 days in this study since they had about 2 cups of moist manure with 10 worms inside which they disturbed on day 60, 70, 72, 74, 76, etc. Another criticism is that with that kind of disturbance the worms will be freaked and this can affect their reproductive cycle (which includes as they shed their cocoons). Unfortunately the authors do not report carefully observing the time of mating, and are vague about clitella development (sexual maturity marker) saying only it happened between day 60 to 80 for all ten worms in the experiment. They critiqued their own study about not providing any new food after the start of the experiment for 60 days. They seemed also to suggest diet played a role in cocoon output rate. Day 60 they swapped some new cow manure (food was strictly moistened ~20 day old cow manure) in after which worms started to gain weight healthily and many matured by day 70, and all by day 80. They did not check for cocoons until 70, but when they did, they found a few. They continued checking then every two days, day 72, day 74, day 76, ... It was an excellent study on the worm life cycle, but given they found rates better than 3 cocoons per week, if the question is how long after mating the first cocoon is, I think the jury is still out and 48 hours seems more reasonable to me in conducive conditions. It was interesting that approximately three weeks after estimated mating, cocoon production appeared to max out at a cocoon every day and a half. The related question is how long till the last cocoon still generated from the same sperm is shed and sperm no longer viable or all utilized, that could be months. On the other hand worms are extremely content to have multiple copulations and preserve their personal sperm bank, according to multiple sources in the literature, so in a dense worm bin you would expect to get results sooner due to the orgy environment. Best PC...See MoreIs my Musa velutina going to bloom, or just giving up?
Comments (10)Yes, as I indicated it's in the sunniest spot in a tiny, shady yard. A lot of the leaves have simply flopped over because of this. It's clearly not the best spot for it, but there's nothing I can do. So I'm happy to hear that it will actually flower. I've actually had some rather odd discussions about other plants where people have insisted that I "must" have sunnier spots. With a 10 x 20 ft. yard surrounded by buildings and with a tree hanging over, I have to make do and take a few chances as to which sorts of plants will do OK. Many people push zones; I'm forced to push shade tolerance....See MoreNeed cabinet color to go with orange, grey and blueish grey.
Comments (13)White for the cabinets. I agree with @schnoodlemom. Give SW 7000 Ibis White a try. And don’t paint the edging on your counter. It’ll be fine. By the way, you can re-laminate your existing counter while keeping the substrate for very little money, if you are interested in making a change in your counter material....See Moreamck2
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